Counter paper-cutter.



J. L. BABER. COUNTER PAPER CUTTER. APPLIGATION IIL'ED JAN. 23, 1912.

Patented Oct. 8, 1912.

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JOSEPH L. BAUER, (It? EV'FZ'NDAL, WEST VIRGINIA.

COUNTER PAPER-CUTTEIR-;

Spec-1.11021 thin of Letters; Patent.

atented Oct. 8,1912.

Application file-cl January 53 3, 1912. Serial No. 672.807.

To all whom it may concern:

lie ithnown that .l, Josnrir L. Biotin, a citizen of the United. States,residing at .l jnitlil in the county ofl ayette and State of (VestVirginia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Count-erPaper-Cutters, of which the following e. specilication.

The present invention relates to improve ments in paper severing orcutting devices. for store. counters.

.In carrying out my invention it is my purpose to provide a roll ofpaper arranged directly beneath the counter and a Clllillllg element wl"ch is sustained in aplane sol stantially parallel with the top of-thecountor, means being also provided whereby the severed end (if-the papermay be readily grasped bv the attendant to draw a sullicient quantityfrom the roll and to sever the same upon the knife without interferingwith or ticles upon the counter. I also aim to provide a device ot' thisclass which will occupy a comparatively small space upon a counter andwhich will permit of articles being moved therefrom without beinginterfered with by either the knife or tl e'paper, the knife being alsoso arranged as to permit of the hand of the attendant or otherscontact-' ing the same without danger of injury.

A still further object oi? the invention is to provide novel andeffective carriages for the paper roll to a st in Feed-- ing the paperbetween a space formed between the cutting element and an upron orguidenrranged adjacent the cutting element.

A still. :liu-thcr object of the invention is to .roviide the guide orapron with a, cen trally at: ringed. (lei .l or rec ed portion.whereliiy the scve ed edge of the paper. which its Il.l].'tll l..(ldirectly below the cutting; edge oi. the knife, mav be grasped by merel;passing the thumb of the operator within the said dept ion so as topermit any quantity of the paper being withdrawn tron;

' the roll-21nd severed.

T A. still further object oi. the invention is to provide a counter witha frame which has its upper portion arranged in a plane with the top ofthe counter, the frame embodying depending; sides having; verticallyarranged depressions forming ways and being further provided with slotswhich enter the ways. arranged within each of the ways is a springsustaining carriage, each of the said carriages having inclined slots,

the mouths oi. which being normally sustained awaylrom the slots of thesides which communicate with the ways, each of the carriages beingprovided with suitable ring Inei'ubers which are adapted to be graspedby the operator to bring the carriages into register with the slots ofthe sides, and whereby the trunnions of the paper roll may be passedthrough the slots of the sides and journaled upon the lower wallsprovided by the inclined slots of the carriages, and. when pressure isreleased from the carriages, to permit oi the said carriages beingelevated by their spring 's to bring the slots thereof out of registerwith the slots oil the sides of the frame, the papcrs upon the rollbeing so arranged that when a portion thereof is withdrawn to be severedfrom-the. roll the trunnions for the roll will be forced away from theopen mouth provided by the slots of the carriages.

A still further object of the invention is to provide, in a device ofthe class set forth a substantially curved knife which is arrangedadjacent the guide member with simple and eli'ective means "forregulating the space of the cutting edge of the knife with relation tothe guide.

Withthe above objects in view and others of a similar nature. theinvention resides in the novel"construction, combination and operativearrangement of ports. set forth in and falling within the scope of theappended claims.

' For the purpose of explaining the invention. the accompanvinp,drawings illustrate a satisfactory reduction of the same to practice,but the important instrumentalities thereof uniy be varied and so it isto be uiulcrstood that the invention is not limited to the specificarrangement and organization shown and described.

lo the drawings, 'l igure 1 is a perspecti view of 11W il'nprovcmentarrangedmponn a counter. .llig. 2 IS a central longituchuol sectionalview of the same. Fig. 3 s a sec tional view upon the 11ne3-3 ol? F1g.2. Fig. at is a sectional view upon the hue 4--4 of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 1sa front elevation of the frame'removed from the counter. Fig. 6 is adetail perspective view of one of the ends of the counter removed andshowing one of the tarriages positioned thereon. Fig. 7 is a perspectiveview of the top of the frame and looking toward the bottom thereof.

Fig. 8 isn detail perspective view of the knife member. Fig. 9. is asimilar view of 1 theopposite end of the counter is forced to.

the guide or apron.

As is well knownto merchants, it is de-'- sirable' that their countersshould. be kept clear from all obstruct-ions in order that the clerk orclerks waiting upon'custoniers may have free access to all portions ofthe counter, the space upon the counter being required' for thereception of articles until the same can be'reinoved for delivery to thecustomer. Furthermore it is desirable that the wrapping paper for thearticle sold should be readilyaccessible to the clerk. In the device forholding the wrapping paper vnowniost commonly employed-am f rame' 1ssecured'upon the top ofthe counter which is provided with bearings forthe trunnion's of the core uponfwhich the paper is wound. ll hile suchdevices may be considered ornamental they are a source of greatinconvenience to'the clerks owing to the fact that the space occupied bythe same is needed forother purposes. "lhe said racks are also generallyarranged ad acent one end of the counter so that a clerk serving aperson at travel a considerable distance in order to b-- tain paper withwhich to wrap the articles' lt'is the'priniary objectof my inventiontoprovide means arranged level with the top of the counter whereby asufficient quantity of paper may be withdrawn from a roll which has itscoremounted in trunnions below the. top of the counter and whereinsufficient amount of paper may be withdrawnfrom the roll by the simplepassage of the thumb of the clerk over the cutting element which isarranged as stated in a.

the front and rear portions thereof are pro-.

vided with cleats 2, which is adapted to serve as a support for the top,member 3 of the frame t. This top 3 is of the shape cor:responding-with the openings in the counter, and the said top- 3 is alsoof a thickness 4 equaling that of the boards from which the counter is.constructed so that when the frame is arranged upon the cover a smoothunbroken ,surface is presented.

is providedwith longitudinally extending slit,

or opening 5, the under face of the said ed with a curved or inclinedwhile the opposite wall by the said slit tapered to a point -which 'isdisposed. approximately central of the curved wall .6.

The numeral .'i p is received within a depression provided the taperedWall or edge. Thelongitudinal" wall or edge provided by the rectangulardepression and adjacent the inclined or curved wall formed by the slit,is depressed or recessed to receive one of the 1011- gitudinal edges ofa curved cutting element '8. This cutting element 8 is formed adjacentits opposite end with openings having their upper portions reamed, andthe said openings are adapt-ed to receive the beveled heads of securingthreaded elements 9, the cutting edge of themember 8 is arranged aslight distance away fronrthe substantially vc'rt-icalwall of the apronor guide, andthe "elements 9 are adapted to regulate the distancebetween the said cuttingedge and the said guide. The apron"?is'centrally provided with a depressed portion 10 the said portion beingof a size suflicient to receive thothunib of the clerk, and for apurpose which will. be presentlysetforth.v

Thetopfi oi the frame is provided adja-v centits opposite ends'withdove-tailed rccesses 11, the stud recesses being adapted to receive thedovetailed tongues 12' provided upon the side members 13 and 14. of theframe. Each of the sides 13 and 1% is provided with vertically disposedcentrally arranged depression each of which is adapted toserve as a wayfor a carriage which will be presently described. The inner faces ofeach of the sides 13 and 14 is also provided with ajpassage16,'the-sa1ne communicating with the way 15 upon each of the sides.

The dove-tailed portions 12 of the sides and 14 are preferably centrallycutaway 1n a plane with the side walls provided by the ways 15,.arranged within the said cutaway portions are rods 17. Each of theserods 17 is adapted to receive one of the end. convolutions of thehelical spring 18, the opposite end convolution engaging with-in an eye19 formed upon a carriage 20. The carriages 20 are of a width suliicientto snugly engage within the ways 15, and the spring members are adaptedto force the said carriages upwardly toward the top of the frame. Thelower extremity of each of the carriages is provided with a downwardlyextending stem- 21, whereby each carriage maybe retracted.

designates an apron which upon a top; as well as'upon the upper face.

against the pressure of its spring. Each of the carriages has, its htaceadjacentthat of the passage 16, formed with an inclined slot ordepression 22, the said depressed portions being adapted to serve asjournals for trun' nicns 23 provided upon. a core. 24 around which iswound roll of paper 25.- In' positioning the roll of paper upon thedevicegthe end of the paper is first fed between the apron and the knifeand 'thecarriages are forced downwardly against the pressure of theirsprings until their recessed portions are brought into register with thepassages 16, the trunnions of the core being'passed from the saidpassages until they are received within the depressions of thecarriages. When pressureis released from the carriages the' springs ofthe carriages will cause the same to travel upwardly in their notched orrecessed portions away from the passages 16, so that the trunnions ofthe core cannot become accidentally ,removed from their bearings.

By references to the several figures of the drawings it will be notedthat the depressed or notched portion on eachof the carriages has itswalls inclined downwardly which also assists in preventing theaccidental removal of thefltrunnions. It will be further noted that theroll of paper will be normally forced toward the under face of the top 3of frame, but the pressure is not suificient to prevent the readyunwinding of the paper from the roll. i

In operation, the clerk merely draws his thumb over the curved knife andwithin the centrally arranged depression provided by the guide or apron,when his thumb will contact with the edge of the paper which has beensevered by the knife, the said contact being sufiicient to draw thepaper over the apron and below the cutting end of the knife. When :adesired quantity of paper has been unrolled the clerk rasping the paperbrings the same against t e sharpened edge of the knife, which leavestheedge of the paper upon the roll directly below the knife and in aposition to be again contacted when more paper is desired, In thisconnection it may be stated that the resilient cutting element 8 exertsa sufiicient tension upon the paper as to retain the edge thereofagainst the apron 7, even after a portion (of the said paper has beensevered.

Having thus described the invention what I claim is 1. A counter papercutter embodying a frame includin depending sides, said sides beingprovide with vertically arranged ways, a paper roll supporting carriagewithin the ways, resilient members supporting the carriages, the top ofthe frame being provided with a longitudinally extending depression, oneof the walls provided by the depression being rounded from the lowerface of the top toward the upper face thereof, the adjacent wall beingtapered to a point which is arranged approximately central of therounded wall, an apron upon the upper face of the, top and upon'the'uppr face of the tapered wall, the top being provided with an annularlyarranged depressed portion, a cutting element comprising a flat memberwhich is received within the recess, and a rounded cutting edge which isarranged adjacent the apron, the said apron adapted to receive and guidetl'e paper from theroll and means for adjustaoly sustaining thecuttingmember against the paper upon the apron.

2. In a device for the purpose set forth, the combination with a counterhaving an opening, of cleats partially closing the opening, arectangular frame supported upon the cleats and having its top portionarranged in a plane with the counter, the said top having a centrallyarranged longitudinally extending slit, an apron for one of the wallsprovided by the slits, a knife co-acting with the apron, means foradjusting the knife with relation to the apron, the side members of theframe being provided with ways, carriages within the ways, a springmember supporting each of-the carriages, each of said carriages beingprovided with a depending stem, a paper roll having its core trunnionedupon the carriages, and the paper from the roll adapted to be fed uponthe apron and to be contacted by the knife substantially as described.

In testimony. whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH L. BABER.

\Vitnesses: CHARLES C. CLAYWELL, GEORGE \VonELL.

